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Barcelona in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Barcelona is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Barcelona is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
13h 46mon average

Is August a good time to visit Barcelona?

A good month, just outside Barcelona's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in August, against 58°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 14°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

24% of days in August, against 16% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

28% cover in August, against 21% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

13h 46m in August, against 9h 14m to 15h 07m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July85°29°low 68°low 20°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August85°29°low 70°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September79°26°low 65°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Barcelona sits, in August

Europe/Madrid
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
7:00 AMsets 8:53 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Torroja del Priorat116 km west

The land around Barcelona, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Spain in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Barcelona

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km west of Barcelona. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (30 m) against the climate model's (99 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (30 m) against the climate model's (99 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.